Wales, North DakotaSeptember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the evening of September 5, 1957, near Wales, North Dakota, an object or objects were seen in the sky. The case file is made up of letters. A university man wrote to his senator asking for an explanation. The senator's inquiry was passed through the Air Force and sent to the Air Technical Intelligence Center for study. The Air Force reply said the sighting was almost certainly a fireball, also called a bolide. It noted other bright fireballs reported that year. The Air Force record card lists the conclusion as astronomical, naming a meteor. The card notes there was no report in the file.

Reported location

Wales, North Dakota

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

ND / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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: ; 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD AAR
© [poate : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 O Wos Bolloon
3 5 September 1957 Wales, North Dakota oD Rropant Rojo
~ | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ph EeRmmy Soloon |
E evening Vi F O Was Aircraft |
; Local EVENING XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probobly Aireroft |
B GM 0 Air Visudl O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
1 5. = 8. SOURCE XXWas Astronomicol Meteor
; O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
i XX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ESR LO OS CL
4 D Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown {
~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Letter to senator requesting infor- Reply indicates that obj or objs
f mation on sighting. were meteors.
: No rpt in file.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971572